The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-09-09

John Barphardt, a carpenter, % years of
age, employed BY George Neville, cOntrac
tor of BraddOckr was killed near West New
ton Saturday afternoon last while unloading
lumber from a car. 1t appears that he was
standing beside the car and the lumber ac-
cideatal!y fell on him, killing aim alBsest in
staDtiy.
Sunday morDin2 the stable Of Michael
Adams, near LititZ, was eutir ely conSETDed
by fire and one of his children, , boy two
years sf age, was burned to a crisp, while
another. aged FIVE, was rescued With Serae
difficulty. 1t is supposed the 61e started
from matches. with which the boys were
playing IN the stable.
Jack Turner, a Iawless character Os
Bell county, Kentucky Who has killed his
Wife's father and all her brothers ana three
or four otEer men, including the sheriff OF
the county. was shot q IN Monday at Pine
vile, from anbuscade, ard fell, with fifteen
bullet wouaas and one fton buckshot. The
party Included nephew.
The death is announced of the we'll
snOwn We!sS bard, the Rev. John jones',
Tiear of LlanCysiiiOgogo, winch took pace
ut NewquaY, Cardieanshire, ~ his S4th year.
/ sCeDdant of the celebrated Welsh clergyman
EHis Wyn, author of "Y Barred Cwsg." He
/ took priests orders In 1854. and four years
afterwsrd was promoted to t5e Yicarage Of
LlandysilioGogo. in which parish he labored
70! he long period of 80 years. To Welsh
men he was best lnown by his -3ardic name,
Idrisyn
A suit has been filed in she Superior
r. Q+f w, a ,.1 init
is Mrs Mary Ennis, who seeEs to recover
. S3. 200 from the sev. s. w. BusAoug, form
erly pastor of Trinity NJ. e. Church. of that
city, but now stationed at Way aesYille, o.
Mrs. Enois alleges hat she gave pension
claim to the minister for collection. He
induced her to sign paper, the Uurport OF
which she was igno rant. 1t is asserted that
Mr. Bos5ong col -scted the moneJ, amount
ing to =, 200, and that be has appropriated
it TO h;o own use. MS. Ennis seeks to re-
cover she pension and 81, coo damages. The
defendant Is one Cf.the best knowc ministers
in Ohio
"A certain Albany grocer. to mike a good
. show, has been in the habit OF Iea-ing coffee
bags filled with sand in front of MS store
during The day time. The other light. by
mistake, one Of the bags was not taken in.
COyetoU5 eyes saw what appeared to be
bag of coffee, and the eOvetOus maa paid >
. for wagon, and after dark confscAted the
bag ans drove off with il. He discovered
/ that it was filled wita sand and that be vas
out 81 and then had The assurance to send
threatening letter to Tire gTOceryman telling
him Of the fact and stating that j. he did
not send - to him Che gave fctitio1s Rame)
through the postofice be would expose his
dishonesty. The scheme did not work.
That the Indians Of the far West have
not yet been civilized Is proved by al Oregon
merchant. who avs taat the debts OF dead
Indians SEe paid by their re Iatives. "When
Anderson and ReTnhaTdt," he said, "killed
an IndiaS several yeaEs ago. he owed me
S3i5. Since that time $3.50 of this amount
has been paid me by his relatives. Ken
tucky died the other day owing me $50. Al
ready his relatives have approached me on
the subject and made arrangements 20 pay
the amoCnt 1t is aw with them to pay
. the debts of their relatives and they never
I break it+ ! am sure Of getting my money if
a Indian dies owing me but when a white
man dies leaving no, property, -, matter
bow rick his relatives are, never expect TO
get a cent"
Recently Pedro Amaro, twenty six
years old Jeronimo DIaz twenty six years
old a9d Jacob Rodriguez, tVenty-one
years old, cCnyicted. kidnapers, who had
belonged TO the Marriages band of the Cuban
bandits, were taken out of the royal Jail in
Mantankas and shot in the presence of over
ten thousand people. Amaro and Ciaz
were perfectly calm and met their fate with
braverY. Rodriguez was mucS- affected,
3 and had a q a kaD he N If
ton IN a carriage. He cried bitterly and
was continually calling on his mother
Pedro .AmaTo was she father of sour small
children. who, with their mother. came to
the jail the evening" before the execution
The men were made to knee! down, and
were shot by company of fisty soldiers
They died instantly. This was the first
execution in Mantanzas in twelve years
An army officer now in Chicago asked
the other day ADO you knoR where the
exact geographical center of the United
States is Never thought anything about
il, probably? Well, its marked by grave
that of Major Cgden, OF the Eniued States
army. who died at Fort Riley, in Kansas, in
1855, during the cholera epidemic OF that
pear. Major Dgden's remains were aftog-
ward removed to Fort LeavenwOrth and
buried in the National Cemetery there, but
his monument still STANDS Cn a knoll little
20 the northsast of the post-FoTt Riley
and it lifts il head towarss the clouds il the
exact geographical ceuteE of the U2ited
States. This isn't a c0sceit its a TACT,
though probably of the hundreds Of men
now at the fort not l IL 100 ever stops to
think aooAt. Fort Riley is few miles east
of junction City, Kan, aud is one of the
most important cavalry stations in the